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'BEER 0R ALE FAUGET. y No. 421,770. Patented Peb. 18, A1899.

llll l I IW: nllplllllllhNIMH* in Il l l Irl Y UNITED STATES JAMES S. SMART, OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ON E-HALF CHARLES A. RANDALL, OF SAME PLACE.

PATENT OEE1CE- BEER OR ALE FAUCET.y

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 421,770, dated February 18, 1890.

Application filed September 28, 1889. Serial No. 325,432. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES S. SMART, a citilzen of the United States, and a resident of Salem, in the county of Essex or State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Beer or Ale Faucets, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in beer or ale faucets of the kind adapted to be secured to the bung-hole of a barrel-head preparatory to drawing the liquid from the barrel, and it is carried out as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l represents a side elevation of the device, partly shown in section, showing the bung partly driven through the bung-hole of the barrel and the end of the faucet screwed into the bung-hole preparatory to drawing off the liquid contents of the barrel; and Fig. 2 represents a central longitudinal section of the device, showing the faucet attached to the bung-hole of a barrel, the bung forced into the latter and communication established between the faucet and the interior of the barrel. t

Similar letters refer to similar parts whereever they occur on the different parts of the drawings.

a represents the barrel-head, a its bunghole, and a the bung, as usual.

The improved faucet consists of a hollow metal shell h, having at its inner end the eX- ternally-screw threaded tapering part h, adapted to be screwed into the bung-hole of the barrel, as shown in the drawings.

b is a female screw-thread on the interior of the shell b, in which is longitudinally adj ustable the hollow screw-threaded spindle c, as shown in Fig. 2.

c is a cylindrical extension on the hollow spindle c, which extension is guided in a stufng-boX-d and annular packing d', and projects outward through the same, as shown.

The spindle c may be provided with a han-v dle for its operation; but in practice I prefer to turn it with a wrench or key applied to its square end c. e is a faucet or stop-cock coni nected to the shell b and communicating with the interior of the latter, said faucet being provided with a suitable perforated plug c', provided with a handle for its operation, as usual. To the inner end of the hollow spindle c is journaled the disk f, provided with a shank f', inserted loosely within the end of the hollow sleeve c and prevented from getfA ting detached from the same by means of a pin or screw f, screwed through the sleeve c and having its inner end projecting into an 6o annular groove .f3 on the shank f', as shown in the drawings. The disk f serves two purposes-namely, as a valve or closing device against the end of the tapering screw part h While screwing the latter into the bung-hole of the barrel before the bung is forced inward into the barrel, and as a means, combined with the screw-threaded sleeve c and shell b, for forcing the bung into the barrel after the tapering screw h has been screwed into the 7o bung-hole, as shown.

The inner end of the hollow sleeve c is provided with a series of perforations c3 c3, through which the beer or ale is strained when passing from the barrel to the interior of the hollow spindle c. c4 c4 are similar perforations at the outer end of said hollow spindle c for conducting the liquid into the outer end of the shell h and to the faucet e, `which latter is to be connected by means of a pipe 8o and couplings, as usual, to a faucet in the room where the liquid is to be drawn or consu-med.

By having the disk or valve f loosely journaled to the inner end of the hollow spindle c it will be seen that the latter may be revolved without rotating the former when forcing inward the bung a, and consequently the latter is prevented from being torn, dug into, and wedged into the bung-hole while being thus forced inward. 9o

The operation of the device is as follows: The bung a is iirst partially driven inward, but not entirely through the bung-hole, as shown in Fig. l. The tapering screw h is then screwed' into the exposed portion of the 95 bung-hole, as shown in Fig. l, which is accomplished by turning the shell b around its axis either directly by hand or by the aid of a suitable wrench or tool. After the shell b has thus been attached to the barrel-head, Ioo

the bung ct is forced into the barrel by turning the spindle c c around its axis, causing it t be screwed inward, as shown in Fig. 9, and the bung a to drop into the barrel. The liquid is then free to pass through the strainerperfcrations c3 c3, the hollow spindle c, and its perforations c4 o4, leading to the interior forward part of the shell b. The liquid may be drawn by opening the plug e on the faucet e.

The device, as will be seen, is direct, acting with a positive lmotion and is entirely Void of springs. It is composed of very few parts, and by its use a barrel niay be tapped without any leakage whatever.`

Having thus fully described the nature, construction, and operation of my invention, I wish to secure by Letters Patent and claim*- 1. In a beer or ale faucet, the shell b, having screwthreaded end b', adapted to be screwed into the bung-hole of the barrel, and internal screw-threaded part b, combined with the hollow screw-threaded spindle c, having strainer-perforations c2c in its inner end and eXit-perforations e4 c4, comfnunicating with the forward end of said shell and having cylindrical non-ScreW-threaded shank c projecting through the outer end of said shell b, and a stufling-box thereon, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a beer or ale faucet, the shell b and its screw-threaded end b', combined with the longitudinally-adj ustable hollow spindle c, having strainer-perforations c3 c3, exit-perforations c4 o4, and the swivel-Valve orpressure piece f, arranged at the inner end of the hollow spindle c', substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this th day of September, A. D. 1889.

JAMES S. SMART.

Witnesses:

ALBAN ANDRN, CARL ANDRN. 

